Former Employer Right to Add Co-Inventors

Subject: Re: Former Employer Right to Add Co-Inventors

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: I disclosed an invention while working for my former employer. Now, my former employer wants to include other co-inventors to my invention claiming that the invention is applicable to other areas. These co-inventors have not contributed to the invention and the disclosure is the same as the one I submitted before leaving the company with the additional claims of the applicability in other areas. : Do I have the right to refuse including these co-inventors? : Does my former employer has the right to file the application without my signature? : Does my former employer has the right to omit my name from the application and file it? : Thanks and Regards, : Medhat Mickael : Sr. Staff Scientist

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